The Brighton Jones Richer Life Foundation

Analysis

The Brighton Jones Richer Life Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2022, The Brighton Jones Richer Life Foundation reported income of $2.9m and spending of $627k, leaving 79% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2022, income grew from $158k to $2.9m (+1749%), an average of +107% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 934%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Brighton Jones Richer Life Foundation sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Feed the Hunger Fund ($2.9m), Trailhead International Builders Inc ($2.9m) and Friends of Research4life Inc ($2.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.4m.